Friends of Holmewood
About the Friends of Holmewood
The Friends of Holmewood exists mainly to provide a social forum within the school and to raise money for extra school equipment as well as making specific charity donations.
All parents automatically become Friends, and as well as our fundraising activities, we aim to foster friendly relations between parents and School. We hope to see as many of you as possible at one or more of our events over the course of the year.
The 2011 Annual General Meeting took place on 6th October in the Jubilee Theatre. AGM Minutes are available for viewing or download - click here
Over the past few years the Committee have been able to provide many items for the school, see more...
- A Schred Material Recycling System which shreds waste plastic material and reforms it into new plastic sheets
- A picture of the school by Ivel Muller (hanging in the Prep School Dining Room)
- Money towards the lighting for the new astroturf pitch
- One third of the cost of the adventure playground
- A grand piano for the music block
- A raised garden and planting for the pre-prep department
- The clock tower on top of the boys' changing area
- Half the cost of gym mats used by all children during PE lessons
- Display cabinets in the front entrance hall for the DT dept
- Starting blocks in the swimming pool
- Camera and sensor for the art dept
- Lego for use by children in years 3 and 4 during wet breaks
- Display boards outside the boys' changing room
- Score boards for the sports department
- A safety mat for the gymnastics club
- A new greenhouse for the pre-prep garden
- Gardening equipment for the pre-prep garden
Over the last three years the Committee has raised over £150,000 for school items and our chosen charities, Demelza House and The Hospice in the Weald.
The Friends
The Committee members all put a lot of hard work and enthusiasm into our events, ably assisted by teams of 'willing helpers'; if you would like to become a helper please email Sarah Merriman to add your name to the list. I would like to thank all the Committee members and helpers for giving us their time and effort so that the School community can enjoy such a varied calendar of events, and particular thanks are due to the Clerk of Works, Allan Stronghill, and his team, without whom none of our events would happen.
Please feel free to approach any member of the Committee if you would like to know more about any aspect of the Friends.
Louise Moat - Chairman, Friends of Holmewood
